a thiｎg of whiｃh we're ｐroud, is they diｄ not haｖe ｔo ｒeｌｉnquiｓh thｅse things in ｏｒder tｏ fiｔ in． In fact, what they brｏｕｇht tｏ Aｍeｒiｃa bｅcame Ameｒｉｃaｎ． Ａnd thｉs ｄｉｖersity has moｒe ｔhan eｎｒiched ｕs； it ｈaｓ ｌiterallｙ ｓhａpｅｄ uｓ.
Thiｓ tradｉtioｎ -- ｔｈe traｄiｔion oｆ nｅw iｍmiｇrａnts adｄinｇ ｔｏ the sum tｏtａｌ of ｗhat we are -－ is noｔ a thinｇ of thｅ past. New imｍｉgraｎｔs are stiｌl bringing ｔhｅｉr taｌenｔs anｄ iｍprｏviｎg ｔhe ｑｕality of Amｅrｉcan lifｅ. Ｌeｔ me namｅ a ｆｅw -- I ｔｈiｎｋ you'll knoｗ ｔｈeiｒ ｎaｍｅｓ.
Ｉn Ameriｃa, Wａｎg coｍｐuｔers hａｖe becｏme ａ ｆixｔure ｉn ｏfｆiceｓ ｔｈｒoughout the ｃountｒy. Tｈey aｒｅ thｅ prｏduct of ｔｈe energy and bｒｉlｌiancｅ of Mr. Ａｎ Wang, whｏ himself ｉｓ the produｃt oｆ a Shａnghai ｕｎｉｖｅｒsｉｔｙ.
Ｔhe fａces of our cities ｓhine ｗiｔh tｈｅ gleaminｇ buildinｇs oｆ Mｒ. I.M. Pei, who fｉrst became inｔerｅsｔed in arｃhitecture aｓ a sｔudent here iｎ Ｓｈaｎgｈai.
What we know of ｔhｅ ｕnｉvｅrsｅ aｎｄ tｈｅ funｄaｍentaｌ ｎature of ｍatｔeｒ hａs beeｎ exｐａnded bｙ the Nobel Prizｅ ｗinniｎg sｃientｉsｔ, Dr． Leｅ Tsunｇ-Ｄaｏ, who was bｏrn ｉｎ Sｈａｎｇhai.
Wｅ aｄmire these men; we ｈｏnor thｅm; and ｗe saｌｕtｅ you foｒ what you gaｖe them tｈａt helped mａke tｈem ｇreat.
Someｔiｍeｓ ｉｎ Americａ, soｍｅ of oｕr pｅople may disagree wiｔh ｅach other. We ａrｅ oｆten a higｈｌy dispuｔａtious nａtion. We rathｅr lｉke to argue. We ａre ｆree ｔo dｉｓagrｅe among ourｓelves, ａnd ｗe ｄｏ. Bｕt ｗe ａlｗayｓ hold tｏgethｅr as a sｏciety. We've hｅld toｇeｔher for mｏre tｈaｎ 2０0 yeａrs, becauｓe ｗe're unｉｔed by ｃeｒtain things iｎ whｉch we ａｌl ｂelｉeｖe, thingｓ to whiｃh ｗe＇vｅ ｑuietly pledgｅd our ｄeepest loyaｌties. Ｉ dｒａw ｙoｕr spｅcｉal ａtteｎtion ｔo what I'ｍ about ｔｏ saｙ, becａｕｓe it's ｓｏ ｉmporｔaｎt to an understandiｎg of ｍｙ country.
Ｗe believe iｎ tｈe digniｔy ｏf ｅach man， womａn， aｎd child． Oｕr entire systeｍ is fouｎdｅｄ oｎ aｎ apprecｉatｉon of ｔhe sｐｅcial genius of eａch indiviｄual, and ｏｆ ｈis speｃｉal riｇｈt to maｋｅ his oｗn deｃiｓions aｎd lｅaｄ hiｓ own ｌife．
Ｗｅ bｅlieｖe -- aｎd wｅ ｂｅlievｅ iｔ so deepｌy that Ａｍeｒicａｎs ｋnow tｈese wｏｒdｓ bｙ ｈeａrt -- wｅ belｉeｖe `｀ｔhat ａｌl mｅn are created equａl， thａt ｔhey aｒｅ ｅｎdowed ｂy their Creatoｒ ｗith ｃertain ｕnaｌienａｂle Riｇｈｔs, that among those ａｒe Lｉfe, Ｌｉbeｒｔy ａnd tｈe pursuｉt of Hａｐpiｎeｓs．'＇ Ｔａkｅ ａn Amｅrｉcan student or teacheｒ aside ｌater ｔｏday ａnd ａsk if hｅ or she haｓn＇t
committｅd those words ｔo meｍorｙ. Ｔheｙ are from the document by whicｈ ｗe creａteｄ ｏur natｉoｎ, the Dｅclaration of Ｉｎdepeｎdeｎce.
We elect oｕr ｇovernmｅnｔ by the vote ｏｆ the peoｐｌe. That ｉs how ｗe choosｅ ｏur Ｃongress and ｏuｒ Ｐresiｄeｎt. We say oｆ ｏuｒ cｏuｎtry, ｀｀Herｅ the Pｅoplｅ Ｒｕlｅ，＇' anｄ it is so.
Let me tell you ｓomethiｎg of tｈe Ameｒｉｃaｎ charaｃｔer. You migｈt ｔhink thaｔ ｗith such a varied nａtioｎ tｈere couldn＇t bｅ ｏne characｔer, bｕt in ｍａｎｙ ｆundamental ｗays there is.
We arｅ a fair-ｍinded peopｌｅ. Ｗe're taught ｎot to ｔａkｅ ｗｈat bｅlonｇs ｔo otherｓ． Many of us, ａｓ I sａid， are the ｃｈildren and granｄｃhildren ａｎd ｇrｅaｔ－grandchｉlｄrｅn of iｍmｉgrants, ａnd from ｔhｅｍ we lｅarned someｔhing of hａrd labｏｒ． As a nａtion we tｏｉled ｕｐ ｆrom povertｙ， anｄ ｎo ｐeopｌe ｏｎ Eａrｔｈ aｒe more worｔhy to be trｕsted tｈan ｔhｏse wｈo havｅ worked ｈａrd fｏr wｈat they have． None is less inclineｄ ｔo taｋe wｈａt ｉs nｏt theirｓ．
Ｗe're idｅａｌisｔs. Ａｍeriｃans ｌove fｒeedｏm, and ｗe've fouｇht ａnd diｅd ｔo ｐｒoｔect the ｆreeｄoｍ of otｈｅrｓ. Ｗhｅn the ａｒmieｓ of fａscisｍ swepｔ Eｕｒope ｆｏur decadｅs ａgｏ, the Ａmerｉcan pｅople fought ａt ｇreat ｃosｔ to deｆｅnd the cｏuｎtriｅs ｕｎder assaｕlｔ.
When ｔhe armies of fascism ｓwept Ａsｉａ， we ｆougｈt with ｙou to ｓｔop theｍ. And some oｆ you listeniｎg todａy ｒeｍｅｍbｅr thosｅ daｙｓ, remeｍbｅｒ whｅｎ oｕr Genｅral Jｉｍmy Doｏlitｔle and ｈis sｑｕａｄrｏn ｃａｍe ｈalｆwａy around the wｏrld to ｈelp． Some of ｔｈoｓｅ pilots lａnｄｅｄ in Chｉna． You ｒｅmemｂer ｔhoｓｅ ｂrａｖe ｙoung men. You hid ｔhem aｎd cared ｆor ｔhｅm ａｎｄ ｂound up tｈeir wounds. You saｖeｄ many of their ｌivｅs．
When the Ｓｅcoｎｄ Worｌd War was wｏn, tｈe United States ｖｏluｎtarily withdrew ｆroｍ the ｆaraway placｅs in which we had foｕght. We kept no ｐermanent arｍies of occupatｉｏｎ． Wｅ didn'ｔ taｋｅ an inch ｏf tｅrrｉtorｙ, nor ｄo ｗｅ ocｃuｐy one today. Ｏｕr recorｄ ｏf rｅｓpect fｏｒ the freedoｍ and iｎdependｅnce of otheｒｓ ｉs clear．
We＇re a coｍpassiｏｎatｅ peｏple． Wｈｅｎ the war ended ｗe helｐed rebuｉld ｏur allies －- ａnd our eｎｅmies ａs well． We did tｈｉs becauｓe ｗe wantｅｄ tｏ ｈelｐ the innoｃenｔ vｉｃtims of bad ｇｏvernmeｎts and bａd poliｃies, and becauｓe, ｉf thｅｙ ｐｒospered, peaｃe would bｅ ｍｏｒe secuｒe.
We＇re ａn oｐtimistiｃ peｏpｌｅ. Likｅ ｙｏu, we inheriteｄ a vasｔ lａnd oｆ endleｓｓ sｋiｅs， tall mouｎtains, ｒich ｆiｅldｓ, ａnd opeｎ praｉｒieｓ. Iｔ made us seｅ ｔhe pｏssｉbｉlｉtieｓ ｉn eveｒything. Iｔ made us
hopeful. Ａｎd we deｖisｅd an eｃｏnomic system that rｅｗarｄed iｎdividｕaｌ ｅffort, ｔhaｔ gave uｓ ｇｏoｄ reaｓon for ｈｏpe.
We lｏｖｅ peace. We hate ｗａr. We tｈｉnk -- and aｌｗaｙｓ ｈave -- ｔhat war is a ｇreat siｎ, a woefuｌ wａste. We wish ｔo ｂe at ｐeacｅ with ｏur neigｈboｒs. We ｗaｎｔ to ｌivｅ iｎ haｒmony wｉtｈ friｅnds.
Tｈere is one otｈer pａrt ｏf our nａtiｏｎaｌ cｈaｒaｃteｒ I wish to spｅaｋ of. Ｒelｉｇion and fａiｔｈ are very impｏrtant to ｕs. We're a natｉon ｏf manｙ religionｓ. Buｔ ｍosｔ Americans dｅrive theiｒ reｌigｉｏｕs belief ｆｒｏm ｔhｅ Bible oｆ Mｏseｓ, ｗｈo deliveｒed a pｅoｐle ｆrｏm ｓlavery； tｈe Bible of Ｊesus Christ, who tｏｌｄ us tｏ loｖe thｙ neighbor as thyｓelf, to dｏ ｕnｔo yoｕr neｉghbor ａs you ｗould ｈave him dｏ uｎtｏ yｏu．
Ａnd ｔhｉs, tｏo, hａs formｅd uｓ. It's ｗhy wｅ wｉsh ｗelｌ foｒ oｔhers. Ｉt's why it grievｅｓ ｕs wｈｅｎ we hear of pｅoｐｌe who cannot ｌｉve uｐ tｏ theｉr fｕｌl potenｔial aｎd who cannoｔ live in peace.
We inviｔe ｙou tｏ know us． That is the beginniｎg of friｅndship beｔｗｅen pｅｏple. And frｉｅnｄsｈｉp bｅtｗｅｅn ｐeopｌe ｉs the ｂasｉｓ for friendｓhｉp bｅｔween ｇovｅrｎmeｎtｓ．
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